"monsters are due on maple street"
1. on page 62, when the author says (through charlie), "alittle power failure and right away we all get flustered and everything," what does the word flustered mean? how does this tie into the character reactions?
2. what do steve's words and the stage directions reveal about him or his intentions? (pgs. 63- 64)
3. when tommy says, "they sent four people, a mother and a father and two kids who looked just like but they weren't," what is the effect on the crowd? (pg. 65)
4. how have the characters shifted from a crowd to a mob? what words on pages 65-66 reinforce the idea of a mob? how is this mob mentality significant?
5. the dark ages were a period of intellectual darkness and regression. on page 70, why does the author choose to use the phrase "dark ages" instead of dark? how does this tie back to the narrator's original opening?
6. from pages 70-76, what is the sequence of events that describe the mob's progression? how do the plot and character actions develop a theme of the story?
7. at the end of the play, what conclusion do the aliens come to about humanity?
8. why does the author title the story "the monsters are due on maple street"? what is the significance of the word "due"?